Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-13
WASHINGTON.
rEYALL.ABsosBISG IErgRNAL.REyE-
EuR QUESTION.
The Chances for Repeal The Interstate
Commerce Bill-Postal Notes
and Briefs.


WASHINGTON. January IA Colonel Cabell
,sys that things are looking very well Tor
the movement IN favor OF iniernal-taN re-
duci.on. The ni,nds % that cause are
,ffl lusv. lut there is nothing positively
new In ihe siiusuon. There WAS whisper
his afternoon ihlt conference OF Mr.. nan
dalps Fri, ne. on the question would he
held ioulglt: bat the leader Is still absent
in phil.B,lrl,9. II * not likely anything
d,fniie viii Dc d. ciicd upon until lie re-
turns.
III. understood that half Of the Rcpnb.
Lean senator's IRE opposed to the inter
state commerce hili, and thai the Demo-
,tst, are paciGcally unanimous IN lis sup
rort vote f. not looked '0r this week.
About q dozen speeches are yot 10 De
mode. ON the other hand, Mr. CulloIo,
who has charge % the measure, admitted
Yesterday thal be only expected a m1loriiy
- cishi. whereas last week lac claimed
seventeen.
Tho Democratic senators who arc Known
io favor The BIN. and those NJ wh1w posi-
tiop ,p H.. fVo- there {, almost absolute
,orisiptv. Ic the follo8ilE ""'7fs.
EraWn. Mcpherson, MORGAN, and FaYne.
Nh. Wills. cia,rmm 81 the committee.
saw. Naf ne prospects Tor The passage OF
~ riyer.and.hsrbar hli are better Than
they nave been at any previous session.
yRTrDNAN's BANK.
The Appropriations Committee are con-
.flcrirg t0mptrollpr Trnh0lm's bill TO
ia, thc d,po.itoTs u the Freedman Bank
y io have suffered los by the flilure of the
institution. Either That or some similar
measure win be reported.
This morning TIE t..l-l' ions referred 10
Yesterday appeared uc'orr i1c House Com
ucfce Committee and mad" arguments
against the proposition 10 transfer Newport
New. from the Norfolk district and
msAc IL port ~ entry. The complete
list Of the members Of these dele
cations is as follows: Mr.. Barton My
ers, MAYOR OF Norfolk; Con rc,, mIn-
elect g.. +. BO8dcn and Mr.. W lipcton
TAYLOR. Of Norfolk; judge Leigh x. Watts,
q. y. smith, ". 4. smith, J. II. Hume,
sud G.. {. Sherwood, % Port smoutl. Hon.
John 7. Haui, opposed the proposition.
40 decision was arrived az. The argu-
mcnt, were partly formal and partly i'd
formal.
Hos. r. =. Armfcld, Of North Carolina,
i, in fhc city. Governor Armteid saws That
tlc Democrats were only surprised, in The
matter Of the organization Of the House OF
Representatives. that the bargain between
The independents and Republicans was not
entirely carried ont.
A southern member Of Congress dcpl0rcs
what DE calls the lack OF aggression on the
raIt of the Democrats in Congress on
several Questions. We had better do
.omelhng wrong" was hi, remark, than
do nothing
senator Ransom SAYS that hl, son contin-
ue. very ul. lie h9. constant high fever,
and doc, uo, rr,t "a, well as he did few
d3A, since.
POSTAL.
The po>i-oficc al Lynnhlvcn, Princess
Anne county, has been Discontinued. Mail
uidCcd 90 London Bridge.
John Z. Plrkcy, sands, y. C., aud Lille
B. lc-age. Lc,4gcS, ". Va, have been
commissioned 20 bee po,tmastCrs.
Robert II. Wood, Of Virginia, graduate
of the Naval Academy, ha, been appointed
under ciyil-,cr,ice rules, after a special
examination, O cicrt, at Sl.210 salary, in
tho warrccords office, Navy Department.
1heo. -. Trawcr. Of North Carolina, has
been appointed under civii.sCrvice rules TO
$1,000 cIcrk,hp in,thc. PO,t-Onice Depart
mtnt.
The following Nrginian~ are here G.
s. Sherwood, }. II. Hume, James Archer,a
W. :. snd q. '. Smlih.
Dr. John Il. Page, Of the University, is
IN The city.
Hons. David echonck and Charles Price,
attorneys Of the Richmond and Dluyille
railroad for North Carolina, are mere.
Mr.. w. b. Boyd, Of Warrcnt0n. aud
Colonel Key, Of statesVillc, y. C., are yisi-
tors.
The Misses Day. u Warrcnton. Va, and
Mi,s jenkins, the daughter OF Rear AdmH-
raj Jenkins, were in the members gallery
IN. DAY. Major Wise AID Colonel Green
showed these 1dc, the cuuric~ies OF the
occasion.
Judge Bennett has secured position in
tive Government Prjnting-Oni.e for Mr.
UoughcIty, Of Cha loitc
Hon. Clement Dowd wa, here Yesterday.